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Bayley Michael W: insider trades

Chief executive, Officer at Royal Caribbean Group. No open-market purchases and 29 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from November 8, 2010 to July 31, 2026.

What happened after Bayley Michael W’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +11.1% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 44% trailed it.

With 296 insiders tested, some will look skilled or unskilled by chance alone: when we replaced each insider’s stocks with random companies bought on the same days, about 5.7 cleared the bar ahead and 23.3 behind. One record on its own proves little.

Trade by trade

Bayley Michael W: trades against the S&P 500 afterwards
MeasuredTrades countedAverage vs S&P 500MedianWent the right wayYearst-statisticp-valueEvidence
Purchases, 3 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 6 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 12 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 12 months after the trade 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Sales, 3 months after the report 29 +0.1% +1.2% 45% 13 −0.56 0.59 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 27 +11.1% +16.1% 44% 12 0.64 0.54 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 27 +10.9% +6.8% 41% 12 0.62 0.55 No reliable evidence

“Average vs S&P 500” is the stock’s return including dividends minus the index’s over the same dates, from the close on the first trading day after the report, or from the close on the trade date. Only windows that have finished are counted. For sales, a negative figure means the stock lagged after it was sold, so selling was the right call (green). “Went the right way” is the share of purchases that beat the index, or of sales that trailed it. The t-statistic uses one average per year of reports, because one person’s trades bunch into the same stock and weeks, and needs trades in at least four different years; the p-value comes from the t distribution with that number of years (with four years, a t of 2 has p = 0.14). “Some evidence” means p under 5%, “strong evidence” p under 1% over at least six years.

Companies traded

CompanyTitle on the latest filingPurchasesSalesFirst reportLatest report
Royal Caribbean Group RCL Pres&CEO, Royal Caribbean Intl029November 8, 2010July 31, 2026

Trades and what followed

Moves are against the S&P 500; green means the trade went the insider’s way.

ReportedTradedCompanyTradeValue3 months after report12 months after report12 months after trade
July 31, 2026July 29, 2026 RCL Sale $4,048,148 −4.6%not yetnot yet
February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 RCL Sale $26,145,464 −30.0%not yetnot yet
February 20, 2025February 18, 2025 RCL Sale $12,876,586 +4.6%+20.9%+6.8%
February 15, 2024February 13, 2024 RCL Sale $1,363,466 +15.9%+87.3%+101.8%
February 17, 2022February 15, 2022 RCL Sale $217,292 −23.8%−7.8%−7.3%
February 14, 2022February 10, 2022 RCL Sale $1,489,411 −17.7%−7.3%−9.1%
February 19, 2019February 15, 2019 RCL Sale $2,364,288 +0.4%−30.2%−26.9%
February 14, 2019February 12, 2019 RCL Sale $826,404 +3.0%−26.9%−22.1%
February 22, 2018February 20, 2018 RCL Sale $2,504,393 −17.3%−9.6%−10.1%
December 18, 2017December 14, 2017 RCL Sale $1,808,772 −3.2%−14.8%−8.6%
February 28, 2017February 27, 2017 RCL Sale $1,471,470 +13.2%+16.1%+17.9%
February 16, 2017February 15, 2017 RCL Sale $235,460 +10.2%+23.2%+20.3%
February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 RCL Sale $1,244,193 +9.1%+20.7%+17.4%
November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 RCL Sale $518,149 +16.7%+48.6%+43.4%
August 12, 2016August 11, 2016 RCL Sale $865,846 +15.8%+59.2%+54.7%
February 24, 2015February 24, 2015 RCL Sale $668,515 −0.7%+3.3%+3.2%
February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 RCL Sale $857,231 −4.6%−0.1%+0.2%
May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 RCL Sale $751,492 +10.9%+30.5%+28.0%
May 27, 2014May 27, 2014 RCL Sale $1,038,660 +12.9%+29.8%+32.1%
May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 RCL Sale $202,876 +15.8%+32.7%+31.3%
May 12, 2014May 12, 2014 RCL Sale $138,443 +15.7%+27.7%+27.2%
March 3, 2014March 3, 2014 RCL Sale $163,782 +4.8%+44.0%+41.8%
February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 RCL Sale $853,070 +1.2%+36.1%+32.6%
February 4, 2014February 4, 2014 RCL Sale $531,040 −0.3%+38.9%+37.2%
November 21, 2012November 21, 2012 RCL Sale $375,430 −9.2%−1.9%−0.8%
November 13, 2012November 13, 2012 RCL Sale $358,802 −7.5%−4.1%−5.2%
February 14, 2011February 10, 2011 RCL Sale $257,622 −15.3%−39.3%−37.5%
February 9, 2011February 9, 2011 RCL Sale $468,628 −15.4%−37.5%−36.7%
November 8, 2010November 8, 2010 RCL Sale $476,664 +1.6%−38.7%−37.0%

Open-market purchases and sales of at least $10,000 in companies we cover, from SEC Form 4 filings; sales made under a pre-set Rule 10b5-1 plan are not shown. “Not yet” means the window has not finished or the share price was under $5 at entry. These are the shares’ moves after each trade: they say nothing about why Bayley Michael W traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.